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As a long time fan of friction shifting, when my microshift advent 9 speed in friction mode started breaking internally, I've replaced it with an Uno.
It's got a lovely, and I mean lovely feel to it. It's glides between gears and is something to behold. It also was super easy to setup, didn't actually require anything more than just attaching to the bars and mech as you'd expect. (10 speed advent x mech on 46t cassette).
However it looks pretty industrial (they also have two spacers in the middle that don't seem to serve a purpose, but if you remove them then the cable doesn't line up anymore) and the little turny lever to keep tension rattles like anything. Going to have to sort that as it's incredibly irritating when riding.
All in all, I don't think it's worth the price they're asking, unless you really really want the 12 speed. I think I'd rather have just got another Microshift one for 20% of the price. Although it does feel lovely to use.